Ashley Hitt, GISP is the Vice President of GeoAnalytics at Connected Nation, a national leader in broadband expansion programs. She oversees operations, project execution, and strategic planning for the GeoAnalytics team and is responsible for developing strategies using GIS to provide data visualization solutions that impact policy, economic development, and the Digital Divide.

She is a certified GISP and holds a bachelor of science in geography and a master of science in geoscience from Western Kentucky University. She was selected as the URISA Young GIS Professional of the Year in 2011, received the 2017 URISA Leadership Award and the 2020 URISA Service Award, and is URISA President for 2022-23.